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Summary
Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life is a no-nonsense self-help guide for anyone who has ever been cheated on. Here's advice not based on saving your relationship after infidelity -- but saving your sanity.
When it comes to cheating, a lot of the attention is focused on cheaters -- their unmet needs or their challenges with monogamy. But Tracy Schorn (aka Chump Lady) lampoons such blameshifting and puts the focus squarely on the-cheated-upon (chumps) and their needs. Combining solid advice that champions self-respect, along with hilarious cartoons satirizing the pomposity of cheaters, Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life offers a fresh voice for chumps who want (and need) a new message about infidelity. This book will offer advice on Stupid sh*t cheaters say and how to respond, Rookie mistakes of the recently chumped and how to disarm your fears, Why chumps take the blame and how to protect yourself, and more.
Full of snark, sass, and real wisdom about how to bounce back after the gut blow of betrayal, Schorn is the friend who guides you through this nightmare and gives you hope for a better life ahead.
Author Notes
Tracy Schorn is a journalist who runs the successful, infidelity blog Chump Lady, and whose snarky wisdom and cartoons have helped thousands of chumps leave cheaters. Tracy is a regular contributor to Huffington Post Divorce, was recognized by Babble as one of the "Top 10 Relationship Bloggers of 2013," and is a relationship blogger for the BlogHer network. Please visit Tracy on Twitter @ChumpLady and at ChumpLady.com.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. 7 |
| Welcome to Chump Nation | p. 9 |
| 1 Rejection is not Your Superpower | p. 13 |
| 2 Rookie Mistakes of the Recently Chumped | p. 24 |
| 3 A Shrinks, Forums, and Other Lifelines-How to Find Support | p. 38 |
| 4 Cheaters-The Way they do the Things They Do | p. 54 |
| 5 Stupid Shit Cheaters Say-and How to Respond | p. 66 |
| 6 Reconciliation-Am I A Unicorn? | p. 85 |
| 7 Real Remorse Versus Genuine Imitation Naugahyde Remorse | p. 97 |
| 8 Chumps, Why Are You Stuck? | p. 106 |
| 9 Common Chump Fears and How to Disarm Them | p. 119 |
| 10 Obsessing About the Affair Partner? Don't | p. 133 |
| 11 The Fine Art of No Contact | p. 144 |
| 12 What Was Real? Does It Matter? | p. 157 |
| 13 Getting to Meh | p. 166 |
| 14 I Didn't Kill You, So Consider Yourself Forgiven | p. 176 |
| 15 When Your Friends and Relations Just Want to be Switzerland | p. 185 |
| 16 Divorce Shame and Telling People | p. 198 |
| 17 The Unending Punishment of Breeding with a Fuckwit | p. 208 |
| 18 Gaining a Life | p. 226 |
| Glossary | p. 238 |